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===NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award===
===NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award===
==PFW/PFWA DefensivePlayer of the Year award (1970–present)==
==PFW/PFWA Defensive Player of the Year award (1970–present)==
From 1972 to 1991, the Defensive of the Year award was presented by ''Pro Football Weekly'' only. PFW and the Professional Football Writers of America combined their awards in 1992. In 2013 the award was presented by PFWA alone.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efef"
! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
! College
|-
|align=center|[[1970 NFL season|1970]] || [[Dick Butkus]] || [[Chicago Bears]] || [[Middle linebacker]] || Illinois
|-
|align=center|[[1971 NFL season|1971]] || [[Alan Page]] || [[Minnesota Vikings]] || [[Defensive tackle]] || Notre Dame
|-
|align=center|[[1972 NFL season|1972]] || [[Joe Greene]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || [[Defensive tackle]] || North Texas State
|-
|align=center|[[1973 NFL season|1973]] || [[Alan Page]] || [[Minnesota Vikings]] || Defensive Tackle|| Notre Dame
|-
|align=center|[[1974 NFL season|1974]] || [[Joe Greene]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || Defensive tackle|| North Texas Stats
|-
|align=center|[[1975 NFL season|1975]] || [[Jack Ham]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || [[Outside Linebacker]] || Penn State
|-
|align=center|[[1976 NFL season|1976]] || [[jack Lambert]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || Middle Linebacker || Kent State
|-
|align=center|[[1977 NFL season|1977]] || [[Harvey Martin]] || [[Dallas Cowboys]] || Defensive End|| North Texas Stats
|-
|align=center|[[1978 NFL season|1978]] || [[Randy Gradishar]] || [[Denver Broncos]]|| Inside Linebacker|| Ohio State
|-
|align=center|[[1979 NFL season|1979]] || [[Lee Roy Selmon]] || [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] || [[Defensive end]] || Oklahoma
|-
|align=center|[[1980 NFL season|1980]] || [[Lester Hayes]] || [[Oakland Raiders]] || Cornerback|| Texas A&M
|-
|align=center|[[1981 NFL season|1981]] || [[Joe Klecko]] || [[New York Jets]] || Defensive end|| Temple
|-
|align=center|[[1982 NFL season|1982]] || [[Dan Hampton]] || [[Chicago Bears]] || [[Defensive tackle]] || Arkansas
|-
|align=center|[[1983 NFL season|1983]] || Bob Baumhauer|| [[Miami Dolphins ]] || [[Defensive tackle]] || Alabama
|-
|align=center|[[1984 NFL season|1984]] || [[Kenny Easley]] || [[Seattle Seahawks]] || Safety|| UCLA
|-
|align=center|[[1985 NFL season|1985]] || No Award || || ||
|-
|align=center|[[1986 NFL season|1986]] || Lawrence Taylor || [[New York Giants]] || Outside Linebacker|| North carolina


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PFW/PFWA DefensivePlayer of the Year award (1970–present)}}
|align=center|[[1987 NFL season|1987]] || [[Reggie White]] || [[Philadelphia Eagles]] || Defensive End|| Tennessee
|-
|align=center|[[1988 NFL season|1988]] || [[Mike Singletary]] || [[Chicago Bears]] || Middle linebacker|| Baylor
|-
|align=center|[[1989 NFL season|1989]] || [[Keith Millard]] || [[Minnesota Vikings]] || Defensive tackle|| Washington State
|-
|align=center|[[1990 NFL season|1990]] || [[Bruce Smith]] || [[Buffalo Bills]] || Defensive End || Virginia Tech
|-
|align=center|[[1991 NFL season|1991]] || [[Reggie White]] || [[Philadelphia Eagles]] || Defensive End|| Tennessee
|-
|align=center|[[1992 NFL season|1992]] || [[Cortez Kennedy]] || [[Seattle Seahawks]] || Defensive Tackle || Miami
|-
|align=center|[[1993 NFL season|1993]] || [[Bruce Smith]] || [[Buffalo Bills]] || Defensive End || Virginia Tech
|-
|align=center|[[1994 NFL season|1994]] || [[Deion Sanders]] || [[San Francisco 49ers]] || Cornerback|| Florida State
|-
|align=center|[[1995 NFL season|1995]] || [[Bryce Paup]] || [[Buffalo Bills]] ||Outside Linebacker||
|-
|align=center|[[1996 NFL season|1996]] || [[Bruce Smith]] || [[Buffalo Bills]] || Defensive End || Virginia Tech
|-
|align=center|[[1997 NFL season|1997]] || [[Dana Stubblefield]] || [[San Francisco 49ers]] || Defensive tackle||
|-
|align=center|[[1998 NFL season|1998]] || [[Reggie White]] || [[Philadelphia Eagles]] || Defensive end|| Tennessee
|-
|align=center|[[1999 NFL season|1999]] || [[Warren Sapp]] || [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] || Defensive Tackle || Miami
|-
|align=center|[[2000 NFL season|2000]] || [[Ray Lewis]] || [[Baltimore Ravens]] || Middle Linebacker|| Miami
|-
|align=center|[[2001 NFL season|2001]] || [[Michael Strahan]] || [[New York Giants]] || Defensive End ||
|-
|align=center|[[2002 NFL season|2002]] || [[Tommy Maddox]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || Quarterback || UCLA
|-
|align=center|[[2003 NFL season|2003]] || [[Ray Lewis]] || [[Baltimore Ravens]] || Middle Linebacker|| Miami
|-
|align=center|[[2004 NFL season|2004]] || [[Ed Reed]] || [[Baltimore Ravens]] ||Safety || Miami, FL
|-
|align=center|[[2005 NFL season|2005]] || [[Brian Urlacher]] || [[Chicago Bears]] || Middle linebacker|| New Mexico
|-
|align=center|[[2006 NFL season|2006]] || [[Jason Taylor]] || [[Miami Dolphins]] || Defensive End|| Akron
|-
|align=center|[[2007 NFL season|2007]] || [[Bob Sanders]] || [[Indianapolis Colts]] || Safety||
|-
|align=center|[[2008 NFL season|2008]] || [[James Harrison]] || [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] || Outside Linebacker||
|-
|align=center|[[2009 NFL season|2009]] || [[Charles Woodson]] || [[Green Bay Packers]] || Cornerback || Michigan
|-
|align=center|[[2010 NFL season|2010]] || [[Clay Matthews]] || [[Green Bay Packers]] || Outside linbbacker|| USC
|-
|align=center|[[2011 NFL season|2011]] || [[Terrell Suggs]] || [[Baltimore Ravens]] || Outside linebacker || Arizona State
|-
|align=center|[[2012 NFL season|2012]] || [[JJ Watt]] || [[Houston Texans]] || Defensive End|| Wisconsin
|-
|align=center|[[2013 NFL season|2013]] || [[Robert Quinn]] || [[St. Louis Rams]] || Defensive End|| North Carolina
|}


===NFL Rookie of the Year Award===
===NFL Rookie of the Year Award===

Revision as of 03:05, 16 January 2014

Officially named the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA), this organization purports to be "The official voice of pro football writers, promoting and fighting for access to NFL personnel to best serve the public."[1] Goals of the organization include improving access to practices and locker rooms, developing working relationships with all teams, and ensuring that football writers are treated in a professional manner. As of 2005 the group consisted of over 300 writers, editors, and columnists who cover pro football. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s D. Orlando Ledbetter, who covers the Atlanta Falcons, is the organization’s president for 2013-15 term. [2]

The PFWA issues the following awards: an All-NFL team published by Pro Football Weekly, one NFL Most Valuable Player Award (since 1975), the Dick McCann Memorial Award, the George S. Halas Courage Award, the Good Guy award, the Horrigan Award, and the Rozelle Award.

Awards

All-NFL Team

See: All-Pro#Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL Team

NFL Most Valuable Player Award

Main article: National Football League Most Valuable Player Award § Pro Football Writers Association NFL MVP Award

NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award

PFW/PFWA Defensive Player of the Year award (1970–present)

Main article: [[:Pro Football Writers Association NFL Defensive Player of the Year#

PFW/PFWA DefensivePlayer of the Year award (1970–present)|Pro Football Writers Association NFL Defensive Player of the Year § 

PFW/PFWA DefensivePlayer of the Year award (1970–present)]]

NFL Rookie of the Year Award

Main article: National Football League Rookie of the Year Award § PFW/Pro Football Writers of America NFL ROTY Award

George S. Halas Courage Award

Note: The George S. Halas Courage Award should not be confused with the Newspaper Enterprise Association's George S. Halas Trophy that was awarded to the NFL defensive player of the year from 1966 to 1996 or the NFL's George Halas Trophy that is awarded to the National Football Conference champion.

The George S. Halas Courage Award is given to the player or coach who has performed with abandon despite injury or personal problems.

In May, 1970, the Halas Award went to Gale Sayers for his comeback from knee surgery to lead the NFL in rushing in 1969.[3] In New York, at the Pro Football Writers Association banquet, Gale Sayers gave an emotional speech that was memorialized in the film Brian's Song. Said Sayers, "You flatter me by giving me this award, but I’ll tell you here and now that I accept it for Brian Piccolo. Brian Piccolo is the man of courage who should receive the George S. Halas Award. I accept it tonight, but I’ll present it to Brian tomorrow. I love Brian Piccolo. And I’d like all of you to love him, too. And tonight, when you hit your knees, ask God to love him, too."[4][5]

Other notable winners of the PFWA Halas Award include Joe Namath[6], Steeler running back Rocky Bleier, Hall of Fame cornerback Jimmy Johnson [7], New York Giant cancer survivor Karl Nelson [8], Hall of Famers Dan Hampton and Joe Montana[9], Denver Broncos guard Mark Schlereth [10], former N.Y. Giant Kerry Collins [11], San Francisco 49ers Garrison Hearst [12] and Bryant Young [13], Carolina coach and former linebacker Sam Mills [14], Dolphins running back Robert Edwards[15], Carolina linebacker Mark Fields[16], Indianapolis Colt Head Coach Tony Dungy,[17] New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees[18], New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft (first NFL owner and first Patriot to receive one) [19] .

Good Guy Award

The Good Guy Award is given to the player who best helps the media do its job. Winners have been Jerome Bettis (2004), Tiki Barber (2005), LaDainian Tomlinson (2006), and Tim Tebow (2012).

Horrigan Award

See: Jack Horrigan

Dick McCann Memorial Award

See: Dick McCann Memorial Award

Rozelle Award

The Rozelle Award is given to the club public relations department that consistently strives for excellence in its dealings and relationships with the media.

Past presidents

See also

References

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